Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 15:17:44 -0500 From: Jeremy Faulkner <gldisater@gldis.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD release ISO purpose? Message-ID: <418E82E8.4060406@gldis.ca> In-Reply-To: <20041107194549.GB67652@keyslapper.org> References: <20041107194549.GB67652@keyslapper.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Louis LeBlanc wrote: | Hey folks. I've been a FreeBSD user for a good while, and with the | 5.3 release, I've been trying to figure out the details of each of the | release ISOs. The Lehey book, the online handbook, release notes, and | whatnot never mentions the purpose of each. The install instructions | simply say "insert the installation CD". I've always assumed this referred | to disk1. I've never needed to use disk2 in the install, so what's it | for? What's the bootonly disk for? What's the mininst disk for? | (I'm guessing it means minimum install) | | Can anyone point me to the details if they exist online? | | TIA | Lou disc1 -> the basic install components and popular third party apps (x11,etc.) disc2 -> more packages, a live file system miniinst -> the basic install components, no third party apps boot -> the basics to boot, no install components, good for testing your hardware - -- Jeremy Faulkner <gldisater@gldis.ca> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBjoLofb0Lle2MIEIRAmiEAKCpWTVYjJxnAKcVyrPlvBcuslECCwCfaDif N8kTRyBvGCpKnT6qQmhlu5Q= =QUs5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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